Sheaf-carrier



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By ATTORNEY- N. PEI'ERS, Pholn-Lithugranh (No Model.) 5 sheets-sheen 2.

A. J EWELL.

SHEAP GARRIER.

N0..414,909. Patented Nov. 12, 18.89.

ATTORNEY N. PEYERS. Phoxc-lilbn m mr, Washington, D. C.

I (No Model.) 5 Sheets-Sheet 3.

- A. JEWELL.

SHEAF CARRIER.

Patented No v. 12, 1889.

Arm/Hm N. PETERS. PhQloLHhognpMr, Washington. D. C,

(No Model.) 5 Shets-Sheet 4. A.. JEWELL.

I SHE'AF CARRIER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTUS JEWELL, OF DQWAGIAC, MICHIGAN.

VSUHEAF-CARRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 414,909, dated November12, 1889. Application filed August 17, 1889 Serial No. 321,166. (Nomodel.)

' Michigan, have invented a new and useful following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of attachments to self-bindingharvesters known as sheaf or bundle carriers, which are designed toreceive and hold a number of bundles after being bound and dump them ina pile at stated intervals in the field, so as to facilitate the placingof them in windrows, in contradistinction to dropping indiscriminatelyover the field each bundle as soon as bound. Such devices are usuallyplaced at the bottom or discharging end of the inclined deck orbinding-table, and some. of them are in the nature of arms pivoted todump the load by swinging to one side, while another thus reducing to aminimum the power required to operate the dumpmg devices, and

whereby also the dumping devices are effectively operated andlocked bythe foot of the driver, and the carrier also enabled to make a betterdispositionof its load, as hereinafter fully described.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the bindingtable provided with mysheaf-carrier, with the movement of the arms of the latter indicated indotted lines. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a frontelevation of the same.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view looking from the side of the binding-tablethat carries the drivers seat. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of amodified form of the sheaf-carrier; and Fig. 6 is a side view of thesheaf-carrying arms, showing how the sheaves pile up on the same in twolayers from the peculiar shape of the outer ends of the arms.

-A, Figs. 1 and 4, represents the inclined deck or binding-table, whichis mounted upon a subjacent frame B, and the upper end of which table issustained by inclined braces B"B This frame and binding-table areadjusted at the'side of the platform and just in rear of the cutter-bar,and the grain which is cut and falls over on the platform is carried upto the top of the binding-table or inclined deck by an endless travelingbelt.

The cutter-bar platform and elevator-belt are not shown, as these are ofthe well-known ordinary construction.

It will be sufficient to remember that the plane of the incline deck isparallel to the direction of the movement of the machine in the fieldi.e., the inclined edges of the binding-table face to the front and rearand the device moves in the direction of the arrows in Figs. 2 and 3.

At the lower edge of the bindingtable there is arranged a stout bar 0,Figs. 1, 3, and 4, supported at its ends upon the arms 0, attached tothe base-frame B. This bar 0 supports the bundle-carrier, which consistsof two hinged metal arms D D in front and two hinged arms D D in therear, which four, when in their normal positions, project approximatelyin horizontal direction from the lower edge of the binding-table andsupport the accumulated bundles, which, when discharged from the bindingdevices, lie transversely upon the arms of the carrier. The inner endsof these arms are each hinged to the bar C about an axis a, Figs. 1 and3, that is inclined to the vertical, the bearings 12 of the two frontarms D being inclined with their upper ends forward (see Fig. 3) andoutward, (see Fig. 1,) and the bearings 19 of the two rear arms D beinginclined with their upper ends inclined to the rear andv outwardly. Thetwo front arms D D have in dumping a motion to the front, and the tworear arms D D have a motion' to the rear, as in dotted lines, and theinclination given to the respective bearings causes these arms to dipdownwardly. and then rise as they move to the front and rear, as shownby dotted lines in Fig. 1, thus more effectually clearing the arms fromthe bundles in dump-- ing and causing the weight of the bundles toco-operate or assist in the dumping movement. To render this weight ofthe bundles more effective in helping to dump, the arms at their innerends are bent at right angles at 0, Figs. 2 and 3, so that the main bodyportion of each arm is offset from its bearing, the front arms D D beingoffset toward the rear, or the center of the device, and the rear arms DD being offset toward the center in front of their axes. This offset,however, while preferable in giving greater effect to the weight of thebundles for assisting in dumping, is still not necessary, and may insome cases be dispensed with, as shown in Fig. 5.

The arms forming the bundle-carrierare each preferably made in one pieceof metal curved upwardly and inwardly at their outer ends, then extendstraight and horizontal for the greater portion of their length, arethen bent to form offset 0, then bent again to form the journal at forthe inclined bearing, and are then bent again at the end to form cranksd for the operation of the arms. The cranks d d of the front arms D Dare connected by a parallel-motioned bar e, which by a pitman f isconnected to a crank g on a rock-shaftE at the front of the device. Thecranks d d of the rear arms D D are connected to a parallel-motioned bare, which by a long pitman f is connected to the crank g on rockshaft E,which crank g projects from the rock-shaft in an opposite direction fromg. From this construction it will be seen that the same motion of therock-shaft causes the front arms D D to move in one direction and therear arms D D to move in the opposite direction, and the inclinedposition of the axes of the arms causes the two sets of arms, from ahorizontal position in juxtaposition, as shown in full lines, Fig. 2,tomove away from each other, dipping downwardly as they sep arate andrising again toward the end of their opening stroke, as in dotted lines,Fig. 1, so as to clear the bundles, which drop between, and also avoidconflict with the ground.

The rock-shaft E, which is arranged at the front side of the device, iscarried in suitable bearings and extends to the platform F, whichcarries the drivers seat, and has a crank F, that connects with alink-bar G and pitman H, which latter is attached to one of the cranks Iof a. rock-shaft I, having another crank 1 The cranks I and I are eachformed with or provided with a treadle or foot hearing, and the driver,occupying the seat J near the same, has his right foot resting upontreadle 1 and his left in position to be placed on treadle 1 hen thetreadle I is forced down to its lowest point, the joint with the pitmanis thrown down into a line between the rockshaft I and the joint of thelink-bar G with crank F, as shown in Fig. 4, and this serves to lock thearms of the bundle-carrier in their elevated or closed position. Whenthe other treadle I is forced down by the driver, it has the effect toopen the arms and dump the load, which operation is easily accomplishedby the foot of the driver, for the reason that the weight of the bundleson the gravitating arms furnishes the principal power for accomplishingthe dump.

At the point t', where link-bar G connects with pitman II, there is ascrew-connection, the end of the pitman being threaded and tappedthrough a screw-threaded hole in the bent end of the link. By turningthe pitman in the hole it may be lengthened, and thus the slack may betaken up in the entire train of mechanism, so as to hold the partsfirmly when locked, so that they do not shake and rattle.

In constructing the arms of the carrier their free ends are not onlycurved upwardly, but have also a turn inwardly at .9. (See Figs. 1 and6.) This serves to effect an important uesult, for when the bundles aredelivered upon the carrier and the horizontal part of the arms becomescovered with bundles lying adjacent to each other the next bundle thatis tied is driven by the discharg ing-arms K against those previouslylying upon the carrier, and the whole row of bundles is pushedoutwardly, and as the outer bundle reaches the curve at the outer endsof the arms said bundle rises, and, the tips 3 of the arms being bentinwardly, the bundle rolls inwardly over on top of the layer of bundlesbeneath, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 0, thus loading the carriertwo bundles deep before dumping the load. This enables me to carry alarge number of bundles on arms of a minimum length, which operate at agreater advantage of leverage than long arms.

In making use of the main features of my invention, however, I do notconfine myself to the arms curved upward and inward, but may employ inconnection with said main features arms which are not turned upwardly atall, or but slightly.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. Thecombination, with the binding-table in a self-binding harvester, of aset of sheafcarrying arms arranged to project from under the lower edgeof said binding-table and hinged at their inner ends about axes whichare inclined to the vertical, the arms at the front having their axesinclined with their tops to the front and being arranged to swingforwardly, and the arms at the rear having their axes inclined withtheir tops to the rear and arranged to swing rearwardly, substantiallyas shown and described.

2. The combination, with the binding-table in a self-binding harvester,of a set of sheafcarrying arms arranged to project from under the loweredge of said binding-table and hinged at their inner ends about axeswhich are inclined to the vertical, the arms at the front having theiraxes inclined with their tops to the front, and also outwardly, andbeing arranged to swing forwardly, and the arms at the rear having theiraxes inclined with their tops to the rear, and also outwardly, and.arranged to swing rearwardly, whereby the two sets of arms swing awayfrom each other in the center downwardly and upwardly, substantially asshown and described.

I 3. El e-combination, with the binding-table in a self-bindingharvester, of a set of sheafcarrying arms, the said arms being arrangedto project from under the lower edge of said binding-table and hinged attheir inner ends to form axial bearings about which the arms swing indumping, the said arms being oifset laterally from their axes to causeboth the inner portions as well as the outer portions of the arms todescend from the gravity of the load in dumping, substantially as shownand described.

4. The combination, with the binding-table in a self-bindin g harvester,of a set of sheafcarrying arms arranged to project from under the loweredge of said binding-table and hinged at their inner ends about axeswhich are inclined to the vertical, as described, the said arms beingofiset from their axes and provided with cranks, the bars 6 e, pitmen ff, rock-shaft E, with oppositely extending cranks g g at its lower endand crank F at its upper end, a connecting-rod attached to the crank F,and a crank-shaft, with foottreadles jointed to the connecting-rod forthe operation of the sheaf-carrier arms by the foot of the driver,substantially as shown and described.

5. The combination, with the binding-table and sheaf-discharging arms ina self-binding harvester, of a set of sheaf-carrying arms projectingfrom under the lower edge of the table and curved upwardly and inwardlyto cause the outer bundles to roll over upon the first layer from theaction of the discharging-arms, substantially as shown and described.

Witnesses EDWD. W. BYRN,

AMos W. HART.

